Tie fighter cat toy

I had a long week at work and I feel really sick, so I thought I would make my cat a tie fighter cat toy. Now kitty can do her bit to help defeat the Empire 🙂

This pattern uses 8 ply wool and a 2.5 mm hook. The pattern is written in American crochet notation. The tie fighter is 5 cm tall.

Side thingies (make two)

I was a bit worried about designing these but actually it was easy because crochet circles are all secretly hexagons anyway.

With grey wool

Round 1: 6sc in a magic ring (6 stitches)

Round 2: increase in every stitch (12 stitches)

Switch to black wool

Round 3: sc in the first stitch, increase in the next stitch – repeat (18 stitches)

Round 4: sc in the first two stitches, increase in the next stitch – repeat (24 stitches)

Round 5: sc in the first three stitches, increase in the next stitch – repeat (30 stitches)

Round 6: sc in the first four stitches, increase in the next stitch – repeat (36 stitches)

Switch to grey wool

Round 7: sc in the first five stitches, increase in the next stitch – repeat (42 stitches)

Fasten off.

Embroider the lines that link the corners in grey.

Weave in ends.

Cockpit

With black wool

Round 1: 6sc in a magic ring (6 stitches)

Round 2: increase in every stitch (12 stitches)

Switch to grey wool

Round 3: sc in the first stitch, increase in the next stitch – repeat (18 stitches)

Round 4: sc in each stitch (18 stitches)

Round 5: sc in the first stitch, decrease the next two stitches together – repeat (12 stitches)

Stuff

Round 6: decrease until the hole closes.

Weave in end.

Weird arm connecty thingies (make two)

With grey wool

Round 1: 6sc in a magic ring (6 stitches)

Rounds 2 – 3: sc in each stitch (6 stitches)

Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.

Assembly

Sew the side thingies to the weird arm connect thingies. Sew them to the cockpit. Sew a piece of thin cotton to the back of the cockpit and tie the other end to a stick. I ‘borrowed’ a garden stake off my dad for that 🙂